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Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...Introduction - This course is about the very basic study skills of reading and taking notes. You will be asked to think about how you currently read and then be introduced to a some techniques that may help you to alter the way you read according to the material you are studying. In the second section you will be asked to look at some useful techniques for note taking and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Brexit and the Irish border
OpenLearn Ireland

Brexit and the Irish border

...introduction I started writing this article on February 1st, 2017, as the House of Commons voted to trigger Article 50 starting the process of withdrawal from the EU. One week previously the UK Supreme Court confirmed that the so-called “devolved nations” of the UK, namely Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, will have no veto on the process of Brexit. The...
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Article 10 mins
Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...introduction of universal credit. How did you do the matching? First of all, I never relied on a single source. Some sources are more reliable than others. If all the sources agree, then we can be confident that the two records have matched. If the sources differed, then you would worry. In this specific case the best source to match records is the National Insurance (NI)...
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Article 10 mins
Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...introduction and development of mathematics, the social and natural sciences, literature, arts, culture and architectural infrastructure (Lane-Poole, 1886). In his literature The Story of the Moors in Spain, Lane-Poole (1886) clarifies the distinction of the Berber Moors originating from North Africa, which separates them from their Arab counterparts. [An illustration of...
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Video 25 mins
Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...introduction to changes in the heart function found in CLN3 disease, or juvenile dementia. ...CLN3 disease CLN3 disease (also known as Batten Disease) is frequently referred to as a juvenile dementia. This is due to the devastating series of neurological symptoms caused by this disease, which begins to show symptoms in childhood and progresses through the teenage years...
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Article 10 mins
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...Introduction - The Life and Works of Renoir; In Search of Rex Whistler: His Life and Works; The Life and Works of Rennie Mackintosh; Turner: His Life and Works in 500 Images. These are all titles of books about artists and there are plenty more in the same vein. In fact, there are often multiple variations of the same title: Michelangelo: Life and Work; The Life and Works...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...Introduction - This free course, Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts, is designed to explore the historical context of the final work of Virginia Woolf, one of the most significant modernist writers of the twentieth century. You’ll read about the historical context that led to the writing of this novel, which was written during the late 1930s, and published...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...Introduction - One of the fundamental aspects of music is that it exists in time. Before the age of recorded sound, music notation was developed to try to capture the ephemeral and fleeting qualities of music. In this course you are not going to be looking at notation, but you will examine the organising and regulating function of musical time. You will consider the...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs